supplies donated by the giving tree and free scientific calculators courtesy of texas instruments, which has an office in santa clara. students told us this is more about supplies. it's abi ee's about inspiration. >> it motivates me a lot since many of us can't afford it, can't buy materials and stuff. it's a big help for us. >> it's important for many of us here because many of us, like, our parents didn't get to go to college and want their dreams and ours to come true. >> i encourage anyone with a passion in science, technology, engineer, and math to go for it because it can be done. it will be hard but it will definitely be worth it in the end. >> reporter: that's daisy garcia, an inspirational story here. she graduated from downtown college and went to occidental. she graduated in may with a bachelor's many in biology. the hope is that current students will see that someone from their neighborhood was able to succeed and so can they. it doesn't stop here. the rest of the students at college prep, about 400 of them, sophomores to seniors, will be getting backpacks in the coming weeks